put papers on a table but.. thin papers Created 20 years ago2004-04-22 10:09:35 UTC by MCYORIAN

i have a question....how can i put papers or another similar stuff on a table without they looks like a block papers....i need create papers on a table but really thins papers( just one paper...not a "block"....)

i dont know if my english is rigth please any help would be good

i hammer i create a block veri thin but the apperance on the table is like a block..not like a single paper....

thnx gracias mercy

Maybe put invisible texture on the sides and set it to 255, not sure how it will look, my computer aint working at the moment

thats merc?. lol.

Anyway, make the blocks 1-unit high - Thats hardly visible.

mmmm....must be another way to do that!

mmmm....

you could clip out the table and make the papers a part of it

I use 1-unit brushes, looks fine for me.

You can't get smaller than 1 unit brushes

How bout this, try to make a knew texture with wally, and make it a transparent, know make a decal on the table, and tie it to a trigger_auto, so when the level loads there will be your Paper(textures)
on the table, Thats as thin of papers you are going to get, and it works well.

ok, you cant tie decals to... anything.
Second, why the heck should he make a new texture? AND WHY TRANSPARENT!?

why dont you make a model.
ore pick one form hl the offce furniture should have some paper models if im right

ok...all good ideas..ill try someones.. thnx...if you think anoyher way just post it!

Yes you can tie decals to another thing

When you make a decal look in your 2D views you will see a box--this is your decal, Select it and press Alt-Enter- and theres your properties,
give it a name and there you go, it will be triggered with the auto_trigger,
Trust me this works I've used this for many objects

Example, I had a door that would blow up, I fixed the properties for Target Object to the name of the scorch mark-so when you blew the door the Scorchmarks(decals)would be triggered and appear after the explosion.

This really works--plus it must be transparent so that the decal will look like a piece of paper instead of a piece of paper in an unknown block..

Try it, trust me it works.

another idea is making a wedge shape and rotating it till the long edge is flat. then vm the other corners and it should end up half a unit. i aint tried this but.

Decals are already entities - they can be chosen from the entity list.
Infodecal.

No no no. I have actually done this before and it really works. Lets say you have a big block of.. whatever texture, grass lets say. To get the paper thinner than 1 unit, here's how. To get it to be one unit thick you start the brush ABOVE the block of grass and move the top part of the paper down, am I correct? well if you actually start the brush inside the grass block itself and make it thin by thinning it out UPWARD (towards the surface of the grass) then you have a peice of papaer with no thickness. It will loook like its blending into the grass in 3D view mode but its VERY visible in the real map.

Uhhh, If you didnt understand that I can make an example map for you. The whole concept of doing this is actually MUCH more simple than it is to discribe. And now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to frink a gallon of water after talking so much.

your right it works. jsut go smaller then the grid

but its VERY visible in the real map

No it's not, it'll flicker between grass and paper. You cannot have two faces on an identical plane without HL and/or your graphics card getting confused.

I personally would use the scale tool (Ctrl+M) to make it smaller than the grid, as pepper advised.

Well I dunno. Its always worked for me. Must be my awesomely good E-Machines computer.

your solutions sound interesting for me "w-dude"...i`ll try that way...
and thanx every body again!

muchas gracias a todos los del foro...

BWAH HA HA! VICTORY! IN YOUR FACE SEVENTH MONKEY! W00T! I win.

lol, well, you must have an excellent graphics card, unless you're not making yourself clear

he doesnt

Thats not a awesomely good machine - thats an error.
AND WHATS WRONG WITH THE ONE-UNIT THICKIE!? Just lower the grid size and make a stupid block - what could be easier.